Politicians, organisations and people the world over spoke in one voice while condemning Thursday’s daylight terrorist assault on the parliament house complex, an attack that resulted in the death of 12 people, arguably the most direct affront against the Indian state. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan condemned the ''unprecedented act of senseless violence against an institution representing the largest Parliamentary democracy in the world.''
“Germany stands by India in solidarity,” said German foreign minister Joschka Fischer.
''The swift action taken by India's security forces in repelling the attack prevented a great tragedy,'' Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer said in a statement.
''I know that this will not sway India from her pursuit of the peaceful and democratic values that our countries share,'' said a message to Lok Sabha speaker G M C Balayogi. The line came from Mr Michael Martin who is Mr Balayogi's opposite number in the British House of Commons.
Bureau Report